{"product_id":"sale-the-buddha","title":"SALE The Buddha","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is unused and unread. It has some cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing, creasing or fading. It's stamped 'damaged'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book cannot be discounted further.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside Jesus and Muhammad, the Buddha is the most significant figure in the history of religion. Philip Almond's engaging new book is the first to combine a history of early traditions about Siddhartha Gautama's life with an authoritative account of how he and the tantalizing philosophy inspired by him came to the attention of the West. It takes the reader on a remarkable journey encompassing (among other topics) Alexander the Great, the courts of the Mongol Khans, Jesuit missions to China and Japan, and intrepid European travellers and scholars from the modern era. Melding Pali and Sanskrit sources with vivid reception, Almond presents the Buddha's story as multi-layered: one of transition from a world of angels and demons, water and tree spirits, to an altogether different context where Buddhism mixed with the cultural preoccupations of those who tentatively – sometimes following false trails – tried to make sense of its fascinating complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe new book by the author of The British Discovery of Buddhism: arguably the most celebrated work of Western Buddhist reception\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first general account of how Buddhism reached the West and what happened to the religion as it did so: will have considerable appeal to non-specialists as well as scholars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA masterly summation of the key facets of Buddhist history, of great value to students\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSynthesises the complex Buddhist texts in a form easily intelligible to the generalist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrossover appeal to an audience in intellectual history as well as comparative religion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe author is regularly reviewed in periodicals and broadsheets outside his own discipline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrings together a wealth of current literature on the life of the Buddha and his reception over the past 2,500 years which will appeal to all those with a passing interest in Buddhism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56645444043138,"sku":"9781009346795","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009346795i_fbb2fa74-9a72-484e-b8e4-103ecbf92f17.jpg?v=1778659829","url":"https:\/\/www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk\/products\/sale-the-buddha","provider":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}